"There are no answers. That’s the answer. There ain’t any answer. There ain’t going to be any answer. There never has been an answer. That’s the answer." (Gertrude Stein)

Friday, January 06, 2006

Cuteness Alert

Today's moment of cuteness via the Panda Cam: Tai Shan curled up in one of his favorite toys (a rubber feeding tub) with a soccer ball, having a nap. Too, too adorable. And be sure to check out Animal Planet's "A Panda is Born," an hour-long documentary about the National Zoo's long efforts to breed pandas, which resulted in Tai Shan's birth in 2005. (It's wonderful to hear professionals sucked into his cuteness vortex, cooing even as they're taken measurements and monitoring his growth, and forcing themselves to resist over-anthropomorphication. (is that a word?)